29 Jun 2009

Flooding isolates West Auckland homes

9:38 pm on 29 June 2009

Twenty-five homes in west Auckland will remain isolated overnight on Monday after heavy rain flooded Tram Valley Road in Swanson.

About 200 metres of the road has been flooded by a temporary lake which has formed as a result of rain.

Waitakere City Council says contractors have been pumping water out and ferrying residents through the water on the back of a truck.

The council says the flooding has been caused by a blocked culvert.

The road will not reopen until Tuesday.